npr.org - 1/13/2009
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David Welna Morning Edition , January 13, 2009 President-elect Barack Obama has suggested that when it comes to investigating the Bush administration on issues such as eavesdropping or terrorist interrogations, he'd rather look forward than back. He also said over the weekend that it may take ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/14/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
President-elect Obama this week said his team was
in the middle of “ evaluating ” Bush administration
policies to see whether a criminal investigation would be worthwhile. NPR reports that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) says that he ...
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Whitehouse: If Obama doesn’t investigate Bush’s crimes, ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/11/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
The top question on Change.gov’s “ Open for
Questions ” feature last week asked whether President-elect Obama
will appoint a special prosecutor to “independently investigate” the “ greatest crimes ” committed under Bush. The inquiry, submitted by Bob ...
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Obama On Appointing Special Prosecutor To Investigate ...
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Whitehouse: If Obama doesn’t investigate Bush’s crimes, I will.
Think Progress —
... ” Bush administration policies to see whether a criminal investigation would be worthwhile. NPR reports that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) says that he understands Obama’s reluctance to pursue investigations but that he may take matters into his own hands: ...
Karma Offset [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
... picked a radical socialist as his climate czar. Carol Browner belongs to organizations that call for “global governance” and demand that rich countries shrink their economies to address climate change. But since her pick, Mrs. Browner’s name and biography had been removed from socialist web pages. Well, now it was discovered that this same radical eco-socialist is a board member of one of the leading carbon offset trading companies, APX! Well, boy, howdy! What does all this mean? It means, of course, that Democratic lawmakers might investigate the Bush detention and torture ...
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Brilliant at Breakfast —
... But there are those who believe that you just don't move forward and forget about it when crimes of the magnitude of those committed by the Bush Administration are staring you right in the face. And the amusingly-named Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island is one of them: ...
INVESTIGATING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION A PARTISAN MINEFIELD
Right Wing Nut House —
... one, they are almost duty bound to find illegality come hell or high water (i.e. Scooter Libby, Ken Starr). If it would be possible to narrow the scope of what a special prosecutor might be tasked to investigate, it might be possible that such an examination of Administration actions could rise above partisanship and would be accepted by a large majority. But perhaps, that is only wishful thinking. Obama himself recognizes the difficulties which is why he would rather “look forward” than behind: Obama also views waterboarding as torture. To find out who authorized its use in ...
Today's Journalism: Stimulus, Investigating Bush, and Wall Street Bailout
Open Left - Front Page —
... 2. How will Senator Whitehouse investigate the Bush administration? Pursuant to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's comments on NPR two days ago, that he intended to investigate the outgoing Bush administration: ...
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The 9/11 Presidency
spectator.org 1/16/2009 —
In the 2008 presidential election, Americans sent a clear message
that that they had put Sept. 11 in the rearview mirror.
This started to become apparent early on, when Rudy Giuliani --
who emerged as an international hero for his leadership ...
Obama team defends Geithner —
CNN Political Ticker 1/13/2009
Geithner is Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee.
(CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama's transition office defended Treasury Secretary-designee Tim Geithner Monday amid reports he failed to pay the correct amount of taxes for a period of ...
Congress set to vote on children's health bill —
Reuters: Politics 1/13/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moving quickly to try to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on an important healthcare issue, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday to expand a children's health program and increase ...
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